Edwardian gardens

An informal style with of garden design with colourful ornamental borders recalling the cottage garden. The style was advocated by a leading designer of time, Gertrude Jekyll, in reaction to earlier fashions for grandeur and formality, and was influenced by the Arts & Crafts Movement.

This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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